Hose-cleaner



(No Model.)

W. A. HUBBNBR.

HOSE CLEANER. No. 597,185. Patented Jan. 11,1898.

UNITED STATES- PATENT' rricn,

WILLIAM A. HUEBNER, or AKRON, oI-IIo.

HOSE-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,185Idated January11, i898.

Application filed September 23, 1897. Serial No. 652,687. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom t may conceiva- Beit known that I, WILLIAM A. IIUEBNER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summitand State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inDevices for Cleaning Hose, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in devices for cleansing theinterior of hose, and is especially' designed for cleaning and purifyingbrewers hose; and the obj ect of my invention is to produce an improvedswab or internal brush for effecting this cleansing and also to providea simple and eiective device for applying and. using these swabs orbrushes.

To the aforesaid purpose my invention consists in the peculiar and novelconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts here inafterdescribed and then specifically pointed out in the claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar referencemumeralsindicate like parts in the diilerent views, Figure 1 is a centralYsection, one-half size, of the mechanical part of my improvedhose-cleaning apparatus on the line a'. n; of Fig. 2; Fig. 2, anelevation or plan of the same, a part being broken away for space on thesheet; and Fig. 3, one of the scrubbing-balls or swabs.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a hollow cylindrical case, on theopposite sides of which and in alinement with each other are screw'-threaded tips 2 3 for attaching it to the source of water-supply and tothe hose, respectively, and central openings for a shaft or spindle 4c,provided with a handle 5, and on one side an opening 6 for inserting thescrubbing-balls.

Mounted on the spindle Lt and accurately tting the interior of the casel is a wheel 7, arranged to turn in said case, and pierced with a seriesof openings S of the same size as and arranged to register, as the wheelis revolved, with opening 6 and the openings in the tips 2 and 3.

The scrubbing-ball or swab 9 (shown of full size in Fig. 3) consists ofa solid rubber ball with pins or points of the same material integraltherewith and projecting radially from its surface. These points areplaced as thickly as may be conveniently done on the central ball, andthe diameter from point to point should slightly exceed the internaldiameter of the hose to be cleaned.

In operation the tip 2 is attached to any convenient source ofwater-supply, either a force-pu1np or water-works pipe, and water turnedin or forced into the hose. The wheel is then turned and balls fed intothe opening 6, which are carried around until opposite the tips 2 3,where they encounter the water and are driven into and through the hose,which by means of their points they thoroughly scrub and cleanse.

I claim as my invention- 1. In an apparatus for cleaning hose, aninolosing case, provided with oppositely-disposed tips for attaching itto the hose and to a water-supply pipe, and an opening for insertingscrubbing-balls, in combination with a wheel mounted in said case,provided with means for turning it, and pierced with openings adapted toregister with the opening for' inserting the balls, and, with theopenings of said tips substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved scrubbing-ball for cleaning hose consisting of a solidcenter and radial points of iiexible material integral with said centerand extending from its surface, in

every direction, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with the inclosing case, the oppositely-disposedtips, and the opening for admitting scrubbing-balls, of the wheel havingopenings to register with the openings in said case, means for rotatingsaid wheel, and scrubbing-balls arranged to be inserted in said wheel,each having a solid center and radial points integral therewithextending from all parts of its surface, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto setjmy hand.

C. P. HUMrI-Innv, C. E. HUMPHREY.

